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Ubaldo
Ubaldo is a masculine Italian and Spanish given name, from Germanic ''hug'' "mind" and ''bald'' "bold". Notable people with the name include: *Ubald of Gubbio (Ubaldo Baldassini) (c. 1084 – 1160), Italian bishop and Catholic saint *Guido Ubaldo Abbatini (1600–1656), Italian painter of the Baroque period *Ubaldo Aquino (born 1958), football (soccer) referee from Paraguay *Ubaldo Bellugi (1899–1992), Italian poet, writer and playwright and Podestà of Massa * Ubaldo Caccianemici (died 1171), Italian cardinal and cardinal-nephew of Pope Lucius II *Ubaldo Fillol (born 1950), Argentine football coach and former goalkeeper *Ubaldo Gandolfi (1728–1781), Italian painter of the late-Baroque period *Ubaldo Giraldi (1692–1775), Italian canonist *Ubaldo Heredia (born 1956), former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher *Ubaldo I Visconti (died 1230), the de jure overlord of the Giudicato of Cagliari from 1217 * Ubaldo Jiménez (born 1984), Major League Baseball starting pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubaldo Jiménez
Ubaldo Jiménez García (born January 22, 1984) is a Dominican-American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies, Cleveland Indians and Baltimore Orioles. Jiménez was an MLB All-Star in 2010. That year, he pitched the first no-hitter in Rockies' franchise history. Jimenez earned his 100th MLB career victory on September 22, 2015 as a member of the Baltimore Orioles, while pitching against the Washington Nationals. In 2016, he became an American citizen. Early life Jiménez was born and raised in the Dominican Republic. His father, Ubaldo, served in the Dominican Army and the family never had enough money to buy a house. At 16 years old, he was offered a contract by the New York Mets but his mother said that he could not sign because he needed to finish high school. He signed with the Colorado Rockies on April 25, 2001 for $50,000 in part because they allowed him to skip training to finish high school. Career Color ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubaldo Nestor Sacco
Ubaldo is a masculine Italian and Spanish given name, from Germanic ''hug'' "mind" and ''bald'' "bold". Notable people with the name include: *Ubald of Gubbio (Ubaldo Baldassini) (c. 1084 – 1160), Italian bishop and Catholic saint * Guido Ubaldo Abbatini (1600–1656), Italian painter of the Baroque period * Ubaldo Aquino (born 1958), football (soccer) referee from Paraguay * Ubaldo Bellugi (1899–1992), Italian poet, writer and playwright and Podestà of Massa *Ubaldo Caccianemici (died 1171), Italian cardinal and cardinal-nephew of Pope Lucius II *Ubaldo Fillol (born 1950), Argentine football coach and former goalkeeper * Ubaldo Gandolfi (1728–1781), Italian painter of the late-Baroque period * Ubaldo Giraldi (1692–1775), Italian canonist * Ubaldo Heredia (born 1956), former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher *Ubaldo I Visconti (died 1230), the de jure overlord of the Giudicato of Cagliari from 1217 *Ubaldo Jiménez (born 1984), Major League Baseball startin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubald
Ubald of Gubbio ( it, Ubaldo; la, Ubaldus; french: Ubalde; ca. 1084–1160) was a medieval bishop of Gubbio, in Umbria, today venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church. Saint Ubaldo Day is still celebrated at the Basilica of Sant'Ubaldo in Gubbio in his honor, as well as at Jessup, Pennsylvania. Life Born Ubaldo Baldassini Gubbio, the only son of noble parents Rovaldo and Guiliana Baldassini. He was a relative of Sperandia, abbess of a Camaldolese monastery at Cingoli. Ubald was baptized in the church of San Giovanni and named after his uncle. Ubald's parents died while he was still very young, and he was raised by his uncle, the bishop of Gubbio. He was educated by the prior of the cathedral church of his native city, where he also became a canon regular. Ubald entered the Monastery of St. Secondo in the same city, where he remained for some years. He was ordained about 1114. Recalled by his bishop, he returned to the cathedral monastery. The bishop made him prior of his ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Ubaldo Day
Saint Ubaldo Day or ''Festa dei Ceri'' is an event celebrated on 15 May in the Italian town of Gubbio. It honors the life of Bishop Ubaldo Baldassini who was canonized as protector of Gubbio. It is also celebrated in the American town of Jessup, Pennsylvania The eve of his death anniversary, May 15, is marked in Gubbio by a procession known as ''Corsa dei Ceri''. Jessup conducts a nearly identical "Race of the Saints" on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. The procession through the streets features small statues of Saint Ubaldo, Saint George, and Saint Anthony, in order. They are mounted upon immense wooden pedestals each hoisted by a team of "Ceraioli" (runners) clad respectively in yellow, blue, or black. In Gubbio, Italy In Gubbio, the procession ends by carrying the ceri to the Basilica di Sant' Ubaldo, which stands on top of Gubbio's Mount Ingino. In this case, an obvious competition occurs as Saint Ubaldo's ceraioli try to close the basilica doors before George and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubaldo Righetti
Ubaldo Righetti (; born 1 March 1963) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender; he was usually deployed as a centre-back. Club career Righetti played 10 seasons in the Italian Serie A for A.S. Roma, Udinese, U.S. Lecce, Bari, and Delfino Pescara 1936. He is mostly remembered for his time with Roma under manager Nils Liedholm (1980–1987), the club with which he made his debut, winning the Serie A title during the 1982–83 season, as well as three Coppa Italia titles, in 1981, 1984, and 1986. During his Roma career, he also helped the club to reach the final of the 1983–84 European Cup; he scored in the resulting penalty shootout that Roma eventually lost to Liverpool in the 1984 European Cup Final. Due to his performances in the European Cup with Roma that season, he notably won the Bravo Award in 1984, which is awarded to the best Under-23 played in European Competitions. Despite his talent, Righetti was accused of never fulfilling his potentia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubaldo I Visconti
Ubaldo I Visconti (died 1230) was the ''de jure'' overlord of the Giudicato of Cagliari from 1217. He was a member of the Visconti family of Pisa, controlling Cagliari on behalf of his brother, who was judge '' jure uxoris'' from 1218. His grandfather, Alberto, was a patrician of Pisa, while his father, Eldizio, was patrician and consul. He and his brother Lamberto in turn served as patrician and ''podestà''. Ubaldo's grandmother was Aligarda and his mother was a daughter of Torchitorio III of Cagliari, through whom he would have inherited some claim on the ''giudicato''. Around 1200, Ubaldo was assisting William I of Cagliari on behalf of Pisa in a war with Comita III of Logudoro when the two warring ''giudici'' came to terms. In 1212, there was complete anarchy in Pisa. A pro-Visconti faction was at war with an anti-Visconti one. In mid-January 1213, William of Cagliari led the forces of Massa, Pistoia, the anti-Visconti faction in Pisa, and the militia of Guido Guerra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubaldo Gandolfi
Ubaldo Gandolfi (1728–1781) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period, mainly active in and near Bologna. Biography He was born in San Matteo della Decima and enrolled by the age of 17 at the Clementine Academy, where he apprenticed with Ercole Graziani the Younger, Felice Torelli, and Ercole Lelli. He was from a large family of prolific artists, including his sons Giovanni Battista and Ubaldo Lorenzo, as well as his brother Gaetano and nephews Mauro, Democrito (who became a pupil of Antonio Canova), and niece Clementina. Together, they are considered among the last representatives of the grand manner of painting characteristic of the Bolognese school, that had risen to prominence nearly two centuries earlier with the Carracci. Gandolfi's work ranges from Baroque to Neoclassic styles, and specifically recalls the style of Ludovico Carracci. He completed, in 1770–75, a series of canvases on mythological narratives for the Palazzo Marescalchi in Bologna (two are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Ubaldo
Juan José Ubaldo Cabrera (born April 30, 1979 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional) is a Boxing, boxer from the Dominican Republic best known to win the PanAm title at middleweight as an amateur. Amateur At the Sydney Olympics 2000 he lost in the first round to local hero Richard Rowles. Ubaldo won Light Middleweight silver at the Boxing at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games, 2002 Central American Games losing to Juan Camilo Novoa. He added the gold medal at middleweight 2003, at the Boxing at the 2003 Pan American Games, Pan American Games in Santo Domingo. He defeated Jean Pascal 19:11 and Yordanis Despaigne 23:12. He participated in the Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics for his native Caribbean country. There he was stopped in the first round of the Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Middleweight, Middleweight (75 kg) division by Cameroon's Hassan Ndam Njikam. Pro He turned pro in 2005 and beat his first 11 opponents. References * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubaldo Of Gallura
Ubaldo II Visconti, son of Lamberto di Eldizio and Elena de Lacon, was the Judge of Gallura from 1225 to his death in 1238. He ruled every ''giudicato'' on the island of Sardinia at one point or another save Arborea. By a pact signed November 1218 with Marianus II of Torres, his father secured his marriage to Adelasia, Marianus' eldest child. The marriage was celebrated in 1219. Pope Honorius III, enemy of the Pisans, immediately sent his chaplain Bartolomeo to annul the marriage, but he failed and the pact between Pisa and Logudoro stood. Ubaldo inherited the Giudicato of Gallura in 1225. In 1230, when his uncle, Ubaldo I Visconti, died, he invaded the ''giudicato'' of Cagliari to assure the continued influence of his Pisan family there. He subsequently exercised the regency for Benedetta until 1232. Marianus died in 1232 and, by his will, was succeeded by his son Barisone III. Upon Barisone's death (1236) without heirs, also as stipulated by Marianus' will, the Logudorese ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubaldo Fillol
Ubaldo Matildo Fillol (; born 21 July 1950), nicknamed ''el Pato'' (in English: "the Duck"), is an Argentine football coach and former goalkeeper. He took part in the 1974, 1978 (where he won the championship with his team and was voted Best Goalkeeper) and 1982 World Cups representing the Argentina national team. He also played in the South American qualifiers for the 1986 World Cup, but he was finally not chosen for the final team that played (and won) in Mexico. He is usually considered to be one of the greatest goalkeepers and usually regarded as the best Argentine goalkeeper ever. Biography Born in San Miguel del Monte, Fillol gave his first steps as goalkeeper in an amateur club of the city, where he spent four years. Former River Plate player and manager Renato Cesarini would be his mentor, after seeing him play at the regional league. In 1965 Fillol arrived to Quilmes A.C. to play at club's youth divisions. At the age of 18, Fillol debuted in Primera División (the Arg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Ubaldo Ribeiro
João Ubaldo Ribeiro (January 23, 1941 – July 18, 2014) was a Brazilian writer, journalist, screenwriter and professor. Several of his books and short stories have been turned into movies and TV series in Brazil. Ribeiro was a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, being elected in 1994. At the time of his death many considered him to be Brazil's greatest contemporary novelist. Biography Ribeiro was the first of three children of Manoel Ribeiro and Maria Felipa Osório Pimental. When Ribeiro was two months old, the family moved to Aracaju, in the northeastern state of Sergipe. Early on, he showed an interest in literature. In 1955, he began attending the Colégio da Bahia, along with Glauber Rocha, with whom he became friends in 1956. In 1957, Ribeiro began working for local newspapers as a journalist. The following year, he entered the Federal University of Bahia to study law. During this time, he published several magazines and journals with Rocha. In 1959, his antholog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ubaldo Ranzi
Ubaldo Ranzi (18 July 1970) is a former Italian decathlete and bobsledder who competed in the late 1990s and the early 2000s. Biography Born in England to an Italian father and a British mother, he won a gold medal in the two-man event at the 1999 FIBT World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo and won a silver medal (with Gunther Huber), in 2000 always in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Before starting his bobsleigh career he collected 6 caps in Italy national athletics team from 1993 to 1996. Ranzi held the fourth performance of all-time of Italy in the speciality of the decathlon. Doping In 1998 Ranzi was found positive, Salbutamol, substance contained in Ventolin, used by asthmatics, as he was, at the Italian athletics championships. Ubaldo was allowed to use Ventolin being treated by the medical division of the athletic federation. The case, few days after being published by the italian national press (3rd of august 1999), was, by the same national press, DROPPED (16th of September 1999 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
